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Conflict is a normal part of football in Holland and although Van Gaal has favoured an autocratic style of leadership before, news of unhappiness over a rigid style of play does not necessarily point to lasting issues in the dressing room
When Bobby Robson took over at PSV Eindhoven in 1990, he was shocked by the culture he found there. “An English professional,” he said, “accepts the manager’s decision, but after every match here the substitutes come and visit me.” Debate has been part of Dutch football from at least the days of Rinus Michels and his “conflict principle” by which players were encouraged to critique one another’s performances, seemingly on the logic that every pearl begins with a little grit of irritation.
Perhaps it is even the case that debate is part of Dutch life. “If in Holland someone says something,” Marco van Basten said, “there is always someone else who stands up and says: ‘Yes, but …’ That starts in school and that is our way of living. If you tell someone to do something in Germany then they will say ‘OK’ and do it but that is not how we work and how we grew up. It’s a different way of being.”
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When Bobby Robson took over at PSV Eindhoven in 1990, he was shocked by the culture he found there. “An English professional,” he said, “accepts the manager’s decision, but after every match here the substitutes come and visit me.” Debate has been part of Dutch football from at least the days of Rinus Michels and his “conflict principle” by which players were encouraged to critique one another’s performances, seemingly on the logic that every pearl begins with a little grit of irritation.
Perhaps it is even the case that debate is part of Dutch life. “If in Holland someone says something,” Marco van Basten said, “there is always someone else who stands up and says: ‘Yes, but …’ That starts in school and that is our way of living. If you tell someone to do something in Germany then they will say ‘OK’ and do it but that is not how we work and how we grew up. It’s a different way of being.”
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